"Mumma, I will go, he already tainted me, it won't be a big loss. He just wants someone, I will be the substitute of both of you. It will be better this way" I said my voice cracking at the end, thinking about what will Song do.
"My baby, how can i let you go into the hands of monster. And dont worry i have a plan. I have already called the police and they will be behind us. I will take the kids and if I sense any danger then I will have a walkie talkie with me . I will just press a button and the police will rush inside. "Said my mom.
" Then... Then I will also go with you. I won't be with you, I will stay behind like police, please " I said while pleading her with moist hands and holding her hands tightly like if i leave her hand she will disappear.
"Okay, you can but you will be with police and even if I call police you won't come, got it? " Asked My mom. I nodded but I was not going to take any chance.
"And don't you worry my baby, IT'S NOT LIKE I AM GOING TO SOME WAR AND NEVER COME BACK! Don't worry! " Said my mother and patted my head.
I nodded but was determined to help her.
We all headed off to a old unused factory in a remote place.
My mother and cousin went inside the old factory while we waited outside behind the trees a few meters away. But I knew how ugly that bastard can be, so I got out telling I needed to attend nature's call and then went towards the factory. There were many broken windows and doors to enter, but no one guarding outside. There were four cars parked in the open ground but no one around. It was easy for me to enter the factory through the backdoor. There were only two guards present there.
"Uhh?.. Was that Song really expert in doing illegal stuff.. How come there is no tight security, did he really thought that i would let my mother come alone... What a dumbass, today that asshole for sure will pay for what he did. " I said to myself and silently pressed the acupoints on the neck of guards and put them to sleep.
I entered further and saw my mother and cousin standing there with Song and two foreigners sitting on Royal chairs. But where were the kids?
I had to search them before I rescue my mother. I went in other directions where I could see some guards. Without making noise I went and knocked down the men. How weak... Can't even hire have good fighters.
I slowly opened the doors and alas I saw the little ones tied to chairs but were not hurt anywhere thanks to my relief . I quickly untied them and they were unconscious which was good for the time being . I picked them up and quietly sneaked my way out. I quickly went over the police van and handed the kids safely to them.
Meanwhile, Jimin's mother and Song were engaged in a conversation.
"Welcome sister-in-law and niece. See, I would not have been forced to do this if your son did not reveal my doings. So you are paying for the deed your slutty son did. Now the cost of freedom of your children is that you two willingly go to these customers and accept your fate as slaves" Said Song with his crooked smile and pointing towards two foreigners who also smirked seeing the two ladies in front.
"What my son did was ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT thing!! Don't dare say a word against my son, you asshole. And where are my children, I want to see them right now! " Jimin's mother said
"You won't see them unless you sign the contract" Said Song.
"Okay.... I will..... accept...
" Mumma, the kids are safe with the police. No need to do anything " I yelled at the top of my voice.
All of them saw me with surprised look, with eyes bulged out. Mom's face sparkles with new energy and my cousin had tears of happiness in her eyes. She must be really afraid of all this.
I ran to my mother and cousin. My mother hugged me tightly .
"Really, where are the kids? " My mom asked. She also had tears in her eyes. I wiped her tears and was about to tell something when my little brother throwed a loud tantrum to the poor officer.
"WANNA GO TO MUMMA, I WANT MUMMA" Yelled my little brother.
"My baby, are you okay? " Asked my mumma while running towards him who was wriggling in the arms of officer indicating to let him down. The officer had enough punches and kicks of the little one so as soon as he saw his mother coming, he let him down. I chuckled at the cute angry expression of my brother towards the police officer and then instantly changing his face to a happy one when he is in arms of mumma. The police came and arrested Song and the two foreigners who were human traffickers.
"Thank you police officer, thank you for helping" Said My mother.
"Ahh... Umm.. It was all your boy's work. We... We did not do anything" Said the police head being a little embarrassed that all the work was done by a little boy.
"Really, Jimin-ah.. You..
I was expecting some compliment from my mother that I did a great job. But...
" PARK JIMIN!! What did I tell you before leaving? That I don't want you to do any sort of mischief. You... You actually took the risk of sneaking the little ones out. What if you got hurt?What if something happened to you? "Asked my mumma.
"Mumma... I am sorry... But I will do like this again, if it happens. Sorry " I said but with no remorse.
My mother was about to say anything but just patted my head and gave her cheerful smile. My mother entangled her hands with me with the little ones in the arms of my mother and my cousin smiled.
We were going to leave that place when we heard a commotion. Song escaped from the grip of officer and pushed them aside and in a flash of second pulled out the revolver from the pocket and aimed at me. And fired... I just closed my eyes ready to accept it while tightening the grasp on my mom's hand.
AND THAT BECAME MY BIGGEST REGRET. TO SURRENDER TO MY FATE WAS MY BIGGEST MISTAKE.
My mother, she.... SHE CAME IN FRONT OF ME AND TOOK THE BULLET FOR ME.
When I opened my eyes, I saw her eyes had tears but she smiled with my little brother in arms.
I looked at her and she handed my little brother to one of the officer. It was chaos. Song was beaten by police officer, my brother started crying, my cousin started crying and Song was yelling in pain. But my whole attention was towards my mother. She knelt and fell. I caught her in my arms. As soon as I caught her, I felt sticky behind her back, I brought my hand telling my mind to think that it is not what I think. But my mind betrayed me, it was BLOOD. MY MOTHER....SHE IS SHOT.
"Mum.... Mum-mumma, are.. are you ok-okay? " I asked her, my voice cracking at every word.
"My boy you ha-have gro-grown up.You ma-managed to save your lit-little bro-brother. Mumma is pr-proud of you my son. You have to ta-take care of you-yourself. Pr-promise me. And ta-take ca-care of your little br-brother, ok-okay? " My mum asked in a weary voice. She was in pain but did not let it express it on her face. But her eyes showed it.
"Mumma, ever-everything will be al-alright. It will be ok-okay. " I was trying to assure mom Or myself I did not know.
"Tell your papa, I lo-love you three very much. Don't worry, you are my bra-brave child. Ever-everything will be al-alright." My mom said and she caressed my face and then smiled with her eyes closed and tears rolling down. And then she went limp in my arms. I shook her and called her mamy times, but she won't budge. The police head came and kept a hand on my shoulder.
"Sorry, we called the ambulance but it was a little late. Your mumma... She... She is no more" Said the police head.
I was staring at my mom's pale face and i knew that from this moment all is over. My life started ruining since Song came. And it has reached up to the points where my mom is killed my him. It's all his fault. This SONG, HE DOES NOT DESERVE A LOWLY GOVERNMENT PUNISHMENT.
"PARK SONG!!! " I yelled at him and kept my mom in the arms of my cousin. I wiped my tears and stood in front of Song.
"You should not have done that. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE " Jimin said in a deep voice stressing on each word loudly with his eyes gone red.
And within a flash Jimin slashed his small double sided pocket knife deep in Song's neck and he immediately fell down and even before the police came to him to save him, he breathed his last.
"You killed someone, you are crazy! Do you know the consequences of it" Said one police officer.
"I know that he killed your mother but by killing him, you will be forever away from your family. Do you get in what situation you will be in? You will be jailed Jimin-shi!And no one can save you!!"Said another officer who felt pitty for the boy.
"I know. And I do not regret about that, because if I left that bastard alive, then he would cause trouble again, I was sure about that. I have no regret. Only one regret, that I did not die in place of my mumma and that regret is for life that will torture me till the end of my life. " I said and took my mumma in my arms.
After that, the police head tried to reduce my sentence but it got reduced from fifty to ten years,only. I will rot here for ten years. But I can only think of the face of my mumma who was proud of me when I rescued the children. I did not even get to see my mumma last time before burial. "I said to Jungkook and Taehyung the two strangers who were so kind by heart that they listened to my whole stroy. And I was very thankful for that.
End of Jimin's pov,
When Jimin looked at Jungkook and Taehyung after finishing his story, they had tears in their eyes and Jungkook was red faced like a bunny. Jimin smile a little looking at them.
"Don't cry, it's over. It's been a month. " Jimin said but still had some tears in his eyes, but did not let them fall.
"Hyung, I don't want to let him suffer more! Can't we help him? " Said Jungkook to Taehyung
"I will ask the police head, I hope I can help him. Let's go. Don't worry Jimin-shi, we will do all we can to help you. " Said Taehyung.
"Trust us. We wont betray you. Promise" Said Jungkook .
Then both the boys went out of the cell and said that they want that boy out of cell to Officer Ji -ho.
Ji -ho listened to him and took out all the files related to Park Song. Then made a few phone calls and then ended the call with a smile.
"He can be bailed out and be free. I told the whole stoty to the deputy chief and as the Song's family did not register a case to arrest the murderer, Park Jimin can be bailed out. But we would need some money to help him out. Some stubborn officers are still present in department who don't even move a finger for help unless provided money.
"Don't worry about money at all . Tell me the amount and I will transfer right away. " Said Taehyung and Ji-ho told that he needs 1 lakh won. Taehyung quickly took out his credit card and transferred the money. Jungkook sprinted off towards the cell and took the keys from the guard and opened the cell and pulled Jimin out. Jimin looked hesitant but Jungkook assured him that he is free.
Taehyung showed him his boxy smile and took Jimin's other hand and the trio left the police station, with Jimin repeatedly thanking Ji-ho and the other two also said thanks.
The trio walked in the pathway for sometime.
"Jimin hyung, will you live with the two of us, or would you like to return to your family? " Asked Jungkook.
"Umm.. I know Song was involved in many illegal stuff and had quite a number of followers. If I went back to my family, they would cause another trouble and I can't let that happen. " Said Jimin.
"Hmm...you have a point. It's better that you stay with us. " Said Taehyung.
"I am glad to add another member to our little family. " Said Jungkook with hai bunny smile which made Jimin feel warm and he felt better. Taehyung was just starring at his cute little bunny.
"Then let's go find a hotel to stay and order what you want. Feel free we have much money to last" Said Taehyung.
"Ummm...I want to first visit my mother's grave, ummm... Can we go there first? " Said Jimin.
Taehyung was about to say something when Jungkook yelled for a taxi and pulled the three inside.
"What is the address to graveyard, Jimin-shi? " Asked Jungkook and Jimin smiled at him. Jimin told the address and they went off.
When they reached the grave yard, Jimin went ahead and Taehyung was about to follow when Jungkook stopped him.
"Hyung, it's better if he is alone I think" Said Jungkook and Taehyung nodded.
Jimin saw her mother's name engraved nicely in a grave and white lilly flowers placed on it. They had not dried up yet.
"Father must have visited her." Thought Jimin.
Then he took a deep breath .
"Mumma, your son is free. Two kind souls came and helped me out. I think they were send by you. Kind, pure just like you. Mumma, I will keep my promise of taking care of myself. And I also need to take care of these two souls. They helped me, I need to repay them. I am sure father is taking care of himself and our little baby. He was strong by heart and mind. Mumma, I will grow strong, so strong that no one will be able to harm my loved ones, again. I promise that. And I will visit you whenever I will get time, I don't know how I will live my life from now on, but I will make sure not to have a SECOND REGRET. "Said Jimin in tears and weary voice and then left the place.
He saw Taehyung and Jungkook standing while leaning in a tree. And the journey of three began waiting for the fourth one to join.
Back to present, (In Bangtan's mansion)
"Is... Is that the reason, why you were angry at me when I said 'That Thing' when I was doing my first challenge" Said Namjoon.
"I just.. Just dont like anyone saying that, I don't let anyone say that things. I just want everyone to have a positive attitude and never surrender. That is a promise I have kept until now. " Said Jimin.
"Yeah, and that promise improved all of us unintetionally. All because of our Jimin-shi. Whenever, there was a group fight in the past, he was like an eagle gawking at every member to see if they are safe. And if he sees any danger, he would come in front of them and take the pain on himself . He was injured because of that habit many times, so we practiced more on ourselves and made sure that we keep ourselves safe. "Said Jungkook.
" Hmmm... But according to Jimin hyung, Taehyung took care of Jungkook hyung , but now it seems the opposite, why is that? "Asked Namjoon while looking at Seokjin hyung while sniffling his nose which was red due to crying.
" Yeah...that changed. This one changed from serious one to carefree nature due to his members I guess. And Kookie, he changed as being more protective of us. So he is now a muscle bunny who is more vocal for his feelings towards us. "Said Seokjin.
Namjoon smiled hearing that they changed in a good way.
" Ummm. What is your story hyung? "Namjoon asked a little bit more interested in Seokjin.
"My story!! Uhh....There is no story. My life was not hard... Not hard like others. Both my mom and dad were in mafia and i was always alone. So did not have much affection towards them . When they were killed by the enemy, I became the leader. At that time, my father's gang was not so big and popular. I had only learned to take revenge, so i killed the gang who killed my parents and naturally my power grew with time. But i was not so friendly, and always was angry and cold. When the members came in my life, I slowly slowly learned what brotherhood means, the words like forgiveness, happiness etc started making meaning in my life. And i am always thankful for that. But yes, I can tell you how I met these three and how we became friends "Said Seokjin.
" He never told us about himself that much. He doesn't like it. We also never asked "whispered Taehyung to Namjoon who looked a little disappointed that Seokjin did not share his past with them. Is what he telling real Or there is something else to this story?